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NOT FAIR: Isaac Motloung says the land he has already paid for has been re-sold to another buyer who is building this house on his property. Photo: Mabuti Kali

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DO NOT believe Remax Estate when they say that you will enjoy a pleasant experience when you buy property from them.

A man from Sebokeng in the Vaal in Gauteng claims that he has had a horrible experience after buying a piece of land from this company.

Isaac Motloung, 47, says Remax Estate and their attorneys sold him the land in January 2007, but later re-sold it to another buyer.

He says the conveyancers , Potgieter & Fourie Inc. of Vanderbijlpark in the Vaal, did not give the deeds office the correct size of the land when they registered it and he only discovered this when he enquired about it this year.

Motloung says his contract shows that he bought 1000m², but his title deed shows only 541m².

He says in January this year, he had a shock when he saw builders building on his land. When he asked them what they were doing, they said they were only following instructions.

Motloung says Standard Bank gave him a loan for R365,000.

"I pay my bond on time so how can Standard Bank sell my land?" he asks.

He says when he asked Remax Estate in the Vaal why a house was being built on his land, staff at their office referred him to their Cape Town branch.

Motloung says before he signed the offer to purchase, he accompanied a Remax Estate official who measured the of land and who confirmed the size.

He says Remax Estate has not responded to his inquiry since January.

"They just allowed the builders to carry on building and the house is almost complete," he says.

Motloung says he notified Standard Bank in the hope that they would intervene, but he was told to deal with Remax or the transferring attorneys.

"I had hoped that the bank, as the financiers, would help, but they have washed their hands of the matter," he says.

Motloung says that he met the man who is building on his property last Wednesday hoping to get the details of the person who sold him the land.

"He is an innocent buyer like myself, but he should at least tell me who sold him the land so I can deal with that person," Motloung says.

Kershia Singh of Standard Bank says Motloung must deal directly with Remax Estate or their transferring attorneys.

"If there is a dispute on the size of the land that was purchased, Mr Motloung needs to resolve this with the seller of the land or the relevant lawyers who assisted with the registration," she says .

Romaine Blankenburg, the marketing programme coordinator at Remax Estate says they were investigating Motloung's matter because their offices in the Vaal has moved.

Consumer Line tried to get comment from the conveyancers who did the transfer for Motloung, but no one answers the telephone and the e-mail address on their letterhead bounces back.

The man who is busy building a house on Motloung's land and who only gave his name as Bongane, says he bought the land for R300,000 about 18 months ago.

He was also financed by Standard Bank, but refuses to give the name of the seller.

"Tell Motloung to deal with his bank and transferring attorney and to stop bothering me," he says.

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Nov 19, 2012

TLekota

Motloung get an attorney and let him talk to remax not standard bank. The bank just financed you that's all. Youbmust pay the agreed instalment for the agreed period.
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Nov 19, 2012

NICEBOOBS

Standard bank must do something bcos they are the ones financing the buyers
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Nov 19, 2012

swona

what a f~#ukup!
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Nov 19, 2012

candilious

This is some serious sh!t , but why does the other guy not give you the details of who sold it to him .Then you can take it from there mos . Something not right here
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Nov 19, 2012

MGEEZ

These agencies can be unscrupulous!!!! at least this is one cock up I can not blame the ruling party for!!!!
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Nov 19, 2012

JahNeh

"Tell Motloung to deal with his bank and transferring attorney and to stop bothering me"

I don't trust this Bongani dude, his response to the whole thing leads me to believe he knows more or he's hiding something!

@TLekota
I agree with you, Motloung needs to get legal representation, this is a serious issue.
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Nov 19, 2012

alonso

Guys let us advise each other here, The bank has nothing to do with selling and buying here, so going to them is a wrong move. Mr. Motluong must deal with the eastate agent and the transferring attorneys. If he want to know who sold the property to the other guy he must do a deed search which cost R30.00. In the deed it will show if the house was transfered to this guy and who was the previous owner. But there is another issue that must be addressed. Mr. Motluong talks about the size of the property being 1000m2 but his registration at deed office shows 540m2. There could be a division of the land and the guy building would be building on his portion of 460m2.
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Nov 19, 2012

MUFARO

Mr you need to find out from the seller did you buy 1000sqm or 541sqm i believe this property was
subdivided you bought portion of the subdivision.This is simple if the stand number is for example
522/1 or 522/R it means you bought subdivided property but if stand number got not splash in front you bought the whole erf.The other thing is go to CITY PLANNING get GIS MAP check what is the erf number of the other guy compare with your erf number.
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Nov 19, 2012

MaMgizo

Remax is really bad news and I wonder how they have manage to be still in the industry after what they have done to so many people , they did the same to me in 2003 , they adertised a town house in Naturena that was at the same time being sold by the bank becuase Iwas already repossessed from the owner and they knew about , they made me go through the whole process and when they were suppose to give me the keys they started to give me all sorts of stories .I made my investigations only to find out that they were not suppose to sell that house as the bank had their own estate agency that was selling the house on their behalf . Remax is the worst estate agency don't even consider them if you are house hunting .
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Nov 19, 2012

MUFARO

alonso
Guys let us advise each other here, The bank has nothing to do with selling and buying here, so going to them is a wrong move. Mr. Motluong must deal with the eastate agent and the transferring attorneys. If he want to know who sold the property to the other guy he must do a deed search which cost R30.00. In the deed it will show if the house was transfered to this guy and who was the previous owner. But there is another issue that must be addressed. Mr. Motluong talks about the size of the property being 1000m2 but his registration at deed office shows 540m2. There could be a division of the land and the guy building would be building on his portion of 460m2.
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I agree with you the property was subdivided he bought portion and the other guy bought a portion
the only thing here its just misunderstanding.CITY PLANNING (LAND USE APPLICATION)are the people to confirm if there was subdivision.
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